The shiny new Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc has appeared on the play.com site ready for an April 1st launch with a price-tag of £459.99. The new handset was officially announced a couple of weeks back and runs Android 2.3. Inside there’s a 4.2″ 854×480 (FWVGA) multi-touch screen with …
A white iPhone is rumoured to be appearing as the Apple store temporarily shuts its’ doors. Tweets suggest that the white handset may appear today with new iPhone part numbers MC604X/A (16GB) and MC606X/A (32GB) attributed to the new white handset. More as we get it. Link – …
O2 are launching free Wifi hotspots today – completely free, public wireless access. Despite our relentless questioning and in-built pessamism, o2 tell us that all their new Wifi hotspots are genuinely free and open to everyone, no matter which mobile or broadband provider you are with. You don’t …
Tesco have put the Dell Streak on their website on Pay As You Go for just £319.20 which is a good £80 less than a sim free price direct from Dell and cheaper than O2 currently charge. The Dell Streak is not exactly the smallest device with a …
With the rumour mill well and truly churning out more iPhone 5 and iPad 2 rumours by the day, the latest nugget of wonder is that both devices will feature NFC technology, and that this will be integrated into iTunes use aswell in the future. So the basic …
Google have just released their new Cloud Printing solution to beta, which means we can all get it now. It’s not a platform feature, but actually a web app feature, and works from Google’s web apps Gmail and Google Docs. You can use it on any phone that …
After the success of their Helloween and Christmas versions, Rovio are lining up a Valentine’s Day edition of their incredibly successful Angry Birds game. Scheduled for release on14th February, there is no word yet on what platforms will get the game, but hopefully most will, as the Christmas …
It’s a simple one this. One your phone go to the google search page. Search for “weather”. It will then use your location and tell you what the weather is doing. Saves you looking out the window I guess. Useful if you don’t have a weather widget.
You may have heard CES Steve Ballmer mentioning that Windows Phone 7 would be getting the “Copy and Paste” update (and more besides) soon. The operative word there is “soon” because what Steve actually stated was… “Over the next few months, we will be releasing a series of …
Well, this story was to report the long awaited Notion Ink Adam Tablet was finally shipping to those that pre-ordered back in early January. But as I looked around for information and some images I came across this from Android Police: The first of Notion Ink’s Adam tablets …
There’s certainly a great deal of interest in the HTC HD2. Normally powered by Windows Mobile 6.5 the bulk of this interest comes from the fact that you can stick other operating systems on it, such as Windows Phone 7 and Android. But wait right there fair reader, …
An Android-based phone is about to be blasted into orbit as part of research conducted by Surrey Satellite Technology Limited. Their “STRaND-1” satellite will contain a “smartphone payload” which will be launched later this year. Dr Chris Bridges, lead researcher for the STRaND-1 project, stated.. “Smartphones pack lots …
For my day job, I work for a UK network, and over the last few months have been on the receiving end of customers frustrations over data limits, but is it really that big a deal? We introduced our data caps when the iPhone 4 launched, although the …
O2 in the UK have announced they are to double the investment in their 3G network to £2m a day as it starts to plan the rollout of 900mhz 3G services to help deal with the strain on existing 3G networks which use 2100mhz which is why most …
UK network Three have on their website the White iPhone 4 at the same price as the existing Black. Whilst the price being the same is not news, it is after all the same phone, what is interesting is that the white version is on the website all …
The Windows Phone 7 experience can get a little fragmented depending on where you are in the world. Andrew Birch has taken the time to make a matrix showing what services you have access to. It’s a pretty surprising result – here in the UK we lack services …
HTC have announced huge profits of £315 million in the three months from October to December last year. They represent a rise of 160% compared to the same quarter in 2009 and, combined with rumours of HTC tablet devices, growth is expected to continue and remain strong, although …
We’ve tried our best to ignore it, but right now Windows Phone 7 is getting a bashing. Fellow Microsoft MVP’s James Kendrick and Matt Miller have already written some high-profile articles off the back of disappointment from LG. Matt quite rightly points out the lack of sales information …
Got a Windows Phone recently? Is it using lots of data? Well, it seems there’s a reason. Microsoft say that a “third-part solution commonly accessed from Windows Phones” is transferring truck-loads more data than anticipated. We are in contact with the third party to assist them in making …
Three’s coming soon section has recently been updated. Two tablets will be available from them in February. The Samsung Galaxy Tab and the Linx Commtiva N700. Both are Android 2.2 devices. No pricing is available for either yet, but you can register for updates. Three already offer the …
